It's no use, I'm going to have to withdraw from the competition. I felt fed up. He asked why, seeming surprisingly stung by disappointment. I told him it was impossible for either of us to win...I ..

Amy, her stepmother Beth, and her two stepsisters, Julie and Jessica, were in a fluster. They had just received an invitation to the Royal Ball. The problem was that today was Friday, and the ball w...

I happen to be alone on a Friday night this week--it's a day I have come to loathe more than any of the "meaningful" time markings we're forced to acknowledge, as it is the one day above all o...

When I dress for sex, the rules are simple. I wear tight clothes that emphasize the curves and contours of my body and draw the eye to my genitals, chest and buttocks. I sometimes wear clothes that ....

It's almost a new year, and every year I like to remind myself to be alert to opportunities that will satisfy my most serious vision in life. It is surprising how often those opportunities will tend ...

One of the great cities of Central Europe, Budapest is poised culturally and geographically between East and West. Part of some of history's grandest empires, the city reflects both the exotic beauty....

Argentina is a gem...an underestimated destination, to be sure. After a week of being stuffed with asado, empanadas and wine at various parillas, only my waistline is happy to be home!  We atte....

A perfect playground for having fun--designed for the result of stress relief, connecting to self and one another, and just pure pampering. Sometimes giving back to ourselves, as my friend and I did ...

I wondered how it would be, a bruised and recovering city of great fame and now great pain. While a drive through the Ninth Ward was shocking and depressing, time spent working as a model for a body-...

Few topics of conversation are more emotionally-charged than money. Socially speaking, the sordid details of your financial history--how much you came from, how much you're making, or how much your t....